Kirpichi / Кирпичи

RU

Adult contemporary, Aor, Electro-/technopop, Funk, Indie Dance, Indie rock, Indie-pop, Noise pop, Pop, Pop rock, R&B, Rap

http://www.kirpichi.ru/
http://www.myspace.com/russianbricks
http://tzar-vasilich.livejournal.com/

Four Voices: Jazzator, Natasha Borzilova, Nina Karlsson, and Non Cadenza

Four excellent female performers - and their colleagues - have new releases to announce. They come from the stages of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and... Nashville. Tales of creative risk and new lands come together.

A Bold Search for Moderation: Vasya Vasin, Toys Market, and Kobyla

As Western genres of songwriting travel eastwards, they take with them all manner of assumptions and stereotypes. Those same markers, however, are often treated very differently by the time they reach Slavic soil.

New Kirpichi Songs: Stoner Rock, Hip-Hop, and Witty Indolence

The St Petersburg trio Kirpichi have just published a new collection of witty, worldly songs about the value of deliberate indifference to pomp and circumstance. Humor and laziness become powerful tools

Kapkan Records: Fine-Tuning the Influence of Tradition

Kapkan Records is a major label in the field of Russian nu- and alt-metal. Despite its size and reputation, however, the project is still keen to avoid the risks of complacency. We examine some recent releases

Pondering Rock's Future: Tarakany, Kirpichi, Green Pepper, and Uncle Boo

Recent events in Moscow have led some to question the "rebellious" nature of Russian rock music - and whether it even exists any more. If not, what are the new values that might replace it?

Flu GI: The Social Benefits of "Medicinal Music with Pineapple Chunks"

Last summer we took a look at the work of Flu GI from the Moscow suburb of Lobnya, followed by their side-project Terra Fantastica in December. Seemingly alternating between these two outfits, Nikita Kouznetsov has now swung his attention back to the former: Flu GI have a brand new album for the...

Kirpichi: Five New Examples of "Old-School Leningrad Hip-Hop"

Kirpichi ("Bricks") are a well-established St. Petersburg band who stroll confidently back and forth between rock and hip-hop registers; they do so in ways that clearly suggest The Beastie Boys as distant, kindred spirits. With this new release - "Glavklub" (Main Club) - they again move away fro...

Kirpichi: "Stones"

A couple of weeks ago, the new album appeared from St Petersburg rockers, Kirpichi ("Bricks"). Recorded over the summer of 2008, it's the eighth release from the band, coming two years after their previous effort. The CD's title is explained by the group as follows: "All songs are like sto...

Won James Won: "Dante/Moscow"

The Russian Association of Independent Genres has just offered for free download the album "Dante/Moscow" by Won James Won. This net-release comes as part of RAIG's new online venture, "Accessory Takes." The album consists of a single 30-minute composition originally designed to accompany...